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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] - Arlington has more flexibility and more options in school choice, including a much larger variety of specialized programs and alternative school choices. 
- Buying a 2+ bedroom house in a "good" N.Arlington public school zone will cost you $150K+ more than precisely the same house in a "good" Alexandria zone. 
- Alexandria has skewed enrollment problems, with some schools over-subscribed and some very under-subscribed, so re-zoning or some other re-structuring may occur within the next several years.
- Cohort sizes at the "good" elementary schools in both districts are growing with the reputation of that elementary school. The Taylor/Key/Sci Focus grouping in Arlington has been affected by this, for example, as have George Mason and Douglas MacArthur in Alexandria.The number of kindergarten classes has jumped (i.e. from 2 to 4) over the course of just a few years in some of these schools, as people with young kids move into the district that they hear is so good.   
-  I believe that Alexandria does have a lower cap than Arlington on the number of kids in the non-Title I classrooms, 22 max in Alexandria v. 25 max in Arl, maybe?
- In Alexandria, it seems the middle schools can be an issue (there are only 2 of them). Then again, some of the Arlington middle schools have issues too -- the big oral sex episode several years back was in one of the N. Arl middle schools.  
- Because there is only one public high school in Alexandria, it has all the bells and whistles, including a brand-new facility.  But it ain't anywhere on the list of great high schools that US News or Jay Matthews put together, while a few of the Arlington high schools are fantastic according to those lists.
- Alexandria has a LOT of private schools, not all Catholic. In Arlington, there are Catholic schools, but really no other privates it seems.  
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The number of K classes may have jumped but the [b]NUMBER of kids per class has stayed exactly the same[/b]!!!  That is a very important distinction.  My kid had 19 kids with a teacher and full-time aide and floating readiner in his ASFS K class last year and has 20 kids in first grade class this year with teaacher and full-time aide.[/quote]

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